RIDDLE!! PLEASE HELP

Question

3 people go to a hotel and they ask for a room for the night.

It costs them $30 so they each pay $10 each.

Attendee at the receptionist table then realizes that the a room only costs $25 a night.

So then she gives a dollar back to each of the 3 people and keeps $2 for herself.

Mathematically each person paid $9 each and there were 3 people paying it, so they paid a total of $27(9x3) plus the $2 that the receptionist kept only equals $29.

So where did the other dollar go?

Answer 1

you got confused because the statement is wrong because each person DID NOT pay $9 each. you cannot divide 3 by 25 perfectly. the room costs $25. she returned $3. so it's $28. plus the $2 that she kept. that makes it $30.

Answer 2

what the, something is wrong there

Answer 3

they pay $30 in total

the attendee gives back 3$ in all & keeps 2$...

so that is 30-3=27$....and she keeps 2 so...27-2=25$

thats all

Answer 4

They each pay 10 x 3 = 30

get back           1 x  3=  3

30-3=27

she keeps 2 ; 27-2=25=cost of the room

It's all there.

Answer 5

they really payed 9.333333333

Answer 6

three people paid 30 dollars

the desk lady made a mistake of 5 dollars

each of the three people get one dollar back

so now there is 2 dollars left

the desk lady keeps the 2 dollars

so there is NO money left over

Mathematically each person paid $9 each and there were 3 people paying it, so they paid a total of $27(9x3) plus the $2 that the receptionist kept only equals $29.

^^that part is just throwing you off!^^

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Answer 7

Because the second part of this question isn't correct. Yes they each paid $9, and that equals $27. 27-2=25= the real price of the room. You subtract the two, not add them! The wording makes it confusing, but the second part isn't relevant at all to the problem.  

Answer 8

when using money you have to use addition and subtraction not multiplication and division.

Answer 9

I heard even Einstein failed to answer a question of this type